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“Bread Alone”: Solution

Posted in Puzzles by Greg Ross on December 26th, 2007

Solution to Bread Alone, from Tuesday:

Assume each of the eight loaves was divided into 3 pieces, making 24 altogether.

Andy's 5 loaves made 15 pieces. He ate 8 and gave the remaining 7 to Carl.

Bill's 3 loaves made 9 pieces. He ate 8 and gave the remaining 1 to Carl.

So Andy should get 7 gold pieces and Bill 1.